When I was Regional Director of the Ferrari Club of America, a guy asked me for time to talk with our owners and enthusiasts about his concept for a members only, country-club-style-race track just outside of Chicago. He didn’t appear intoxicated so I thought what the hell, quietly walking toward a phone...

    Covering an auto show as “Media” is one hell of a lot more fun than being there during general admission! Press exposure is the stuff manufacturers dream of and “media” gets great food, friendly models, and real hands-on with the cars and factory reps.       Some of my standouts from 2012:...

My friend, Patrick Bowling, alerted me to a wonderful exhibit taking place in Los Angeles.  The exhibit, SCULPTURE IN MOTION, MASTERPEICES OF ITALIAN DESIGN, began its 12 month run at the Petersen Automotive Museum on Wilshire Blvd. I caught the lecture, and was treated to an abridged version of Italian car history,...

Having your cake and eating it, too, has always been the stuff of fantasy, but is now being served up to a select clientele in London, Melbourne and New York. I had been invited to the party for the US launch of ECURIE25, the most successful fractional time-share for supercars in the...

Art, apparel, books and more, for and about Italian cars! There is a shortage of lira in the world, but not, it seems, in vintage sports cars .  Pick up the latest issue of Sports Car Market or the like, and the prices look insane (last month I wrote about vintage Maseratis...

Like trimming the Christmas tree, it takes a while to go from simply putting it up to getting it right and The Barrington Concours is fast approaching being the best dressed tree on the block. “The Barrington Concours is headed back to being a public event starting next year”, says Patty Doud-Schmitz,...

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A sputtering economy has done nothing to dampen the enthusiasm of Patty Doud Schmitz, Mary Bradford-White, Molly...

10. You are too slow if you are getting passed by the tow truck 9.  I was...

  I had never done wheel to wheel racing until this and the experience was phenominal.  Sliding,...

  If you haven’t driven a TESLA yet, I hope it is not my fault. Late last fall,...